Railroad appliance.



W. R. ISAAGS. RAILRAD APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1913.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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UMBIA PLA UNITED sTArns JrAriirri onnicn WILLIAM n. IsAAcs,` or THoIvIrsoNvILLE, ILLINoIs'AssIGNoB. or ONE-HALF To THOMAS e. PUGKETT, or THoMrsoNvILLE, ILLINOIS.

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specification of Letters raient. Ypgmmted N0V 11, 1913 Appiqationfnlea August 27, 191s. serial massen.

To all whom t may concern.' BeA it known that I, WILLIAM l a citizen `of the United States, residing wat Thompsonville, in the county of FranklinA and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements' in Railroad` Appliances, of which ythe following is .f

reference beingV had to thelaclspecification, companying drawings'.

This invention relates to certain limprovev ments in railroad appliances and has rela-V tion more particularly toa device ofr this general character particularly designedy and adapted for use inconnection with rails, and an object of the invention is to pro-vide a device of this type of a simple and comparatively inexpensive nature having novel and improved means whereby proper alinement of a rail may be effected.

The invention also consists inthe details of construction and inthe novel arrange-v ment and combination ofthe several parts of my improved device wherebythesame is rendered simpler, less expensive andother wise better adapted and more-convenient for use, all as will hereinafter be more fully set forth. Y

the device set forth in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail view in top plan of the rail engaging means as herein disclosed; and Fig. 4 .is a detail perspective view illustrating one of the side plates as herein employed. i

As shown inthe accompanying drawings, 1 denotesV a base member of any ordinary or preferred configuration or material but as herein shown is substantially of rectangular form and has secured substantially at the transverse center thereof the longitudinally directed rack member 3 of a predetermined length. While this rack` member may be carried by the base l in any manner.' Will l Y .i operate, withfacility, I iind it of particular R. ,IsAAos,

advantage that the same be held in operative position through the medium of a plurality of fastening devices 4a such as rivets or the like whereby it will be readily observed that such rack member 3 can be readily and conveniently replaced should the same become undesirable Vfor use from any cause.

Upwardly directed from the longitudinal side portions of the base member 1 are the side .plates 2 having intermediate theirl lengths the elonoated slots 4 disposed in alinement and arranged in a vertical plane intersecting the horizontal plane occupied by the rackmember 3 for purposes which will hereinafter be obvious. While these sideV plates 2 may be secured to the base member l in any desired manner, I nd the structure, as disclosed in thev drawings to possess the `greater eliiciency and wherein leach of such sideplates 2 are provided with the inwardly directed flange or lip 5 adapted `to overlap the-adjacent longitudinal edge 'portion of the base member 1 and adapted tobe secured .thereto` by the rivets 6 or the like. The slots 4 serve as bearings for the i transversely, directed shaftV member 7 `to The novel features of my invention-will v be carefully defined in the accompanying4 whichis affixed avdislz member 8 provided `with' a segmental rack 9 adapted to mesh with the rack member 3 and such disk 8 is also provided at a predetermined point with a conventional socket 10 adapted to accommodate an end portion of a manipulating handle or lever 11 whereby a convenient and eective means is afforded for imparting rotary movement to the dish member v8 as is believed to be clearly apparent.

12 indicates the rail engaging member and as herein disclosed includes a hook portion 14 adapted to be engaged with the base flangela of the rail 15, as shown in Fig. 1, while the opposite end of such member 12 is bifurcated as indicated at 16, in order to str addle or bridge the disk member 8, the stems of the bifurcation 16 being provided with alining apertures 17 through which passes the shaft member 7.

When in applied or operative position,

the base member 1 and its intimate parts are adapted to be held stationary. This may be accomplished in any manner vas will operate with facility but I found it of particular advantage to provide the base 1 with 'all angularly extended portion 1S adapted to serve as a convenient anchoring means as is believed to be obvious to those skilled in.

the art to which my present invention appertaiiis and which is believed to be 4clearly apparent from the drawings. Then the disk member 8 is caused, through vproper manipulation of the lever or handle member ll, to rotat-e in thefdirectionfof the arrow a, the axis of such disk member will be shifted through the coactioii of the racky member 3 and the sefrmentalrack 9 which will result in such strain or pull upon the Y rail 1G as to affect the proper adjustment or alinement thereof, it being obvious that the extent of movement of theaxis of the disk member 8 will depend upon the extent Lo f adjustment required by the rail.

improved railway appliance is susceptible of` some change without material departure from the principles and scope ofthe inven-V tion and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limitingV myself to the precise formation and varrangement ofthe severalparts as herein set forth in carrying out my invention in practice. Y

Having thus fully described my invention `what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

l. Adevice of the character-described comprising a base member provided with a rack, a shaft carried by the base member .and capable of adjustmentrelatively thereto, a disk mounted on Ythe shaft and rov-ided with a1 segmental rack adapte to engage the rack of the base, means for rotating thedisk, land trackA engaging means carried by the shaft. 2. A device of theV character described comprising a base member having a rack, side plates carried by the base and provided with elongated openings, a shaft mounted within the elongatedopenings of the side plates, a disk fixed to the shaft and having a segmental Yrack adapted to engage the rack of the base member, means for rotating the disk, and a track engaging device carried by the shaft. 3. A device of the character described comprising a 'base having a rack, a s haft .carried by the base and capable of ad]ust ment relatively thereto, a disk carried by the shaft and provided with a segmental yrack adapted to engage the rack of the base, track engaging means carried by the shaft vand straddling vthe disk, and means for rotating the disk.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. ISAACS.

` Witnesses:

W. A. SIMMONS, J. S. HARRIS.

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